AP No. 1 | Coaches No. 1 1960 record 8–2 (6–1 Big Ten) | |
Head coach Murray Warmath (7th year) | ||
The 1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1960 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 8–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 228 to 88. The Gophers won their seventh and most recent national title. The team finished first in both the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) polls. The voting was held prior to the Gophers' loss to Washington in the 1961 Rose Bowl.
Guard Tom Brown received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Brown was also a consensus first-team All-American, won the Outland Trophy, finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting, and received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, given to the Big Ten most valuable player. Brown, end Tom Hall and center Greg Larson were named All-Big Ten first team. Tackle Frank Brixius was named an Academic All-American and Academic All-Big Ten.
Total attendance for the season was 334,954, which averaged to 55,825. The season high for attendance was against Illinois.